A pensioner died in hospital after a house fire in Tottenham and a young woman is fighting for her life.

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called at 10.53am on Friday morning (December 7) and the police three minutes later to the fire in St Loy's Road.

A man managed to make his way own out of the house but a woman in her 30s and another around 70 were rescued by firefighters wearing breathing masks reported The Mirror.

Both were taken to hospital, where the older woman was pronounced dead at 12.09pm and the younger woman is in a “life-threatening condition”.

The road was closed while the fire was put out (Image: @999London / Twitter)

A police spokeswoman said: “Three individuals were in the property at the time, a man who made his own way out of the house, and two women, one believed to be aged in her 30s and one believed to be aged around 70, who were evacuated by LFB.

“Both were taken by ambulance to hospital. The older woman was pronounced dead at 12.09pm, and the younger woman remains in a life-threatening condition. We await further updates.”

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were on the scene, where half of the first floor was damaged by the fire.

Emergency services were called to the scene (Image: @999London / Twitter)

The fire was under control by 12.03pm.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The London Ambulance Service said two patients were treated on the road before being driven to hospital.

The ambulance service treated two patients at the scene (Image: @999London / Twitter)

A spokeswoman said: “We were called at 10.55am to St Loy's Road, Tottenham to reports of a fire.

“We sent three ambulance crews, an incident response officer and a single responder in a car to the scene. We also dispatched our hazardous area response team (HART).

"We treated two patients at the scene and took them both to a major trauma centre as a priority."